洗衣机
xǐ yī jī · HSK 2
washing machine
🧺 洗 wash + 衣 clothes + 机 machine = clothes-washing machine
洗 (xǐ) is the verb 'to wash', 衣 (yī) means 'clothes/garment', and 机 (jī) is the generic suffix for 'machine' (also in 飞机 airplane, 手机 cellphone). Stack them literally: a machine that washes clothes.
洗 — water radical 氵 + 先 (xiān)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The water radical 氵 indicates the meaning (washing with water), while 先 supplies the sound, originally close to xiǎn/xǐ. The character has long meant 'to wash' or 'rinse,' and by extension 'to cleanse' or 'wash away.'